Outbreak (1995)
- Starring:
- Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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A handful of scientists struggle to prevent the destruction of a small town -- and possibly the entire country -- in this suspense drama. In the mid-1960s, a deadly virus is discovered in Zaire that wipes out an entire village in 24 hours. Government researchers are brought in to investigate, but the military opts to destroy the village rather than risk further infection. Thirty years later, Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman), an expert on contagious diseases, is called in when the virus re-emerges in Africa. A monkey carrying the bug is smuggled into the U.S., and a suburban California town soon begins to succumb to the illness. Sam scrambles to find an antidote with the help of his ex-wife Robby (Rene Russo), a Center for Disease Control researcher, and their colleague Casey (Kevin Spacey), while Gen. McClintock (Donald Sutherland) has his own reasons for wanting to use bombs to contain the epidemic, and Army surgeon Gen. Ford (Morgan Freeman) is caught in the middle. Outbreak was produced in the hopes of beating the film version of Richard Preston's bestseller The Hot Zone (about a real-life epidemic) into theaters; script problems shelved The Hot Zone, and Outbreak had the infectious disease market to itself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 128 mins
Complete Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels
- Morgan Freeman - Gen. Billy Ford
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Maj. Salt
- Jack Rader - Police Chief Fowler
- Joseph Latimore - Viper Two Co-Pilot
- Diana Bellamy - Mrs Pananides
- Joe Don Baker
- Julie Araskog - Janet Adams
- Dana Anderson - Corinne
- Leland Hayward III - Henry Seward
- Kellie Overbey - Alice
- Peter Looney - White House Counsel
- Michelle Joyner - Sherry Mauldin
- Susan Lee Hoffman - Dr. Lisa Aronson
- George Christy - Senator
- J.J. Chaback - Nurse Jane
- Gordon Michaels - Man in LIne
- Tim Ransom - Tommy Hull
- Mathew Saks - Sergeant Wolf
- Bill Stevenson - Biotest Guard
- Rene Russo - Robby Keough
- Kevin Spacey - Casey Schuler
- Donald Sutherland - Gen. Donald McClintock
- Cynthia Harrison - Co-anchor
- Robert Alan Beuth - George Armistead
- Ed Beechner - Gunner
- Conrad Bachmann - California Governor
- Jim Antonio - Dr. Drew Reynolds
- Mark Brown - Officer
- Patricia Place - Mrs Foote
- Zakes Mokae - Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
- Lance Kerwin - American Mercenary
- Bruce Jarchow - Dr. Mascelli
- Patrick Dempsey - Jimbo Scott
- Daniel Chodes - Rudy Alvarez
- Malick Bowens - Dr. Raswani
- Dale Dye - Colonel Briggs
- Brian Reddy - Tracy's Father
- Michael Sottile - Gunner Pilot
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Writer(s):
- Robert Roy Pool, Laurence Dworet
- Producer(s):
- Gail Katz, Wolfgang Petersen, Arnold Kopelson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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- 1995 - Outbreak - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up)
- 1995 - Outbreak - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actor
